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Term Four Lesson Five: Halloween two
Downloadable Songs
Let’s Make a Circle Sleeping Monsters Tiny Monsters
Props Required
Songs to Source
Shake Your Sillies Out Butterfly Waltz Monster Mash
Music player, music speaker, sparkly magic bag, coloured scarves, pumpkin laminate, egg shakers and magic sparkles
Lesson Plan
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles See term four lesson one. Make sure to use lots of energy!
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
2. Stretching and curling: Moody Cat See term four lesson one.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
3. Travel to Danceland: ‘Butterfly Waltz’ performed by Brian Crain See term four lesson four.
* Running time approx. 4 mins.
4. Introduce the theme: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ written by Anne Porter Without speaking, get the children into a circle by singing ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ as in term four lesson one.
“Did anyone dress up for Halloween? I dressed up as a crocodile!” Ask a volunteer to tell you what they dressed up as for Halloween. The group then mimes putting on the costume and ‘being’ the character. Repeat three or four times, with a different volunteer each time.
* Running time approx. 3 mins.
5. Fine Motor Skills: Pumpkin Pie See term four lesson four
* Running time approx. 2 mins.
6. Choreographed Dance: ‘Monster Mash’ performed by Bobby Pickett See term four lesson four
* Running time approx. 5 mins.
7. Action Song: ‘Sleeping Monsters’ (tune of ‘Sleeping Bunnies’, traditional)
Tell all the little monsters to lie down and go to sleep. Sing the song acapella. When you say, ‘wake up little monsters’, the children wake up and move around the room, roaring like monsters. After the first verse, tell the children you will be singing about lots of different Halloween creatures and that they must listen to the words and think carefully about how each creature moves.
(gently) See the monsters sleeping, ‘till it’s nearly noon. Shall we wake them with a scary tune?
They’re so still! Are they ill?
(spoken) Wake up little monsters!
(with bounce) Roar little monsters roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar! Roar little monsters roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar! x 2
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